419 scam: Your Acknowledgement <jameshubert.g@gmail.com> **RE::" Investment Inquiry

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Your Acknowledgement <jameshubert.g@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sullivan.peek@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 22:22:22 +0100
Subject: **RE::" Investment Inquiry

Sir,

There are countless numbers of children out there seeking for better
welfare and security, it is
therefore our duty to provide succor, not just for ourselves, but for
those we can reach out to. It is on this premise that I contacted you,
and I want us to partner towards actualizing the dream. I am reaching
out to you in respect of a private business opportunity. It is about a
docile liquid estate which we can both manage for our mutual benefit.
I urge you not to be like the doubting Thomas without due diligence.
And of course more details will be disclosed to you only when your
signal your interest..

How did we get started with this? We were working on a project for
international travelers and needed time zone data to complete the job.
We expected it to be easy -- surely someone, perhaps the United
Nations, would have this data available. Instead, we found that no one
really knew the right data for EVERY location. We looked in books,
atlases, and web sites and found nothing we could depend on. The
available resources either avoided areas that were difficult to
determine, provided disclaimers that they were "not guaranteed to be
accurate" or provided information that was just plain wrong or
outdated.

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